South African Miracle

Version: Unabridged
Author: Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada
Narrator: Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada
Genres: History, Politics, Africa, History, Lectures, World Affairs, Civil Rights
Publisher: Chautauqua Institution/ The Great Lecture Library
Published In: N/A
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
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Overview

Ahmed M. Kathrada is a veteran of the South African liberation struggle, one of the famous Rivonia trialists and a long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island and at Pollsmoor Maximum Prison.

He became a political activist while still a teenager when he got involved in the activities of the Communist Party and the Transvaal Indian (Youth) Congress. In the 1950s, he participated in many campaigns of the Congress Alliance alongside ANC-leaders like Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu.